Abstract

"Gas" concept in the minds of the Chinese people, not only embodies the natural philosophers to understand why the universe, there are philosophers who also contains the feelings of humanity, the ultimate response of a deep humanistic concern. In order to know exactly the essence of Chinese culture to the gas on the gas as the scope becomes a key issue to be studied, however, outside the domain of culture, every incoming, will set off the impact of Chinese local culture, the occasion when the late Ming, the Western missionary disabilities into China, bringing the mathematics, astronomy, geography, medicine, machinery and other Western knowledge of Chinese traditional culture in all aspects of cross-referencing has experienced an unprecedented collision and criticism, when Western culture, especially after the input of scientific thought , the philosophy of traditional Chinese produce what gas conversion? Born on the evolution of this process is an important representative of Fang Yizhi one of the academics, he reference to Western, traditional Chinese theory of the initial gas and critical review, to promote the traditional Chinese theory of Qi has creative transformation. Thinking of one gas fire not only represents his personal qualities of natural philosophy, Ming and Qing Dynasties from the gas can also see the start of the philosophy, the philosophy driving the transformation of thought. In Chinese philosophy, the concept of "qi" contains not only the ancient philosophers' understanding of the universe as it is but also their humanistic feelings, which reflect their ultimate humanistic concerns. To correctly understand the essence of Chinese culture, it is critical for one to study the theory of Qi. Yet whenever any foreign culture is brought in, Chinese culture is seriously impacted. In the end of the Ming Dynasty, missionaries from the West poured into China, bringing with them Western knowledge like mathematics, astronomy, geography , medicine and mechanics. Being compared with Western knowledge in every respect, traditional Chinese culture encountered unprecedented clashes and criticism. When Western culture, especially scientific thought, was brought in, what kind of transformation did the traditional Chinese philosophy of qi go through? Experiencing and witnessing such a change, Fang, Yi Zhi was one of the important scholars of the time. He referred to western knowledge and made a preliminary review and critique about the traditional Chinese theory of qi, putting the theory through a creative transformation. The proposal of the concept of "unity of Qi and fire" not only represented the nature of his own natural philosophy but also revealed the transformation of the philosophical thoughts that was prompted by the development of the philosophy of qi in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties